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Meaning of "channel fleet"
This phrase historically refers to the fleet of warships that belonged to the Royal Navy and were stationed in the English Channel. In a modern context, it can also be used to refer to a group of naval vessels or ships stationed in any given channel or maritime area
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Until i get the channel fleet to sea.
After commissioning she was assigned to the Channel Fleet.
For the next five months the Channel Fleet patrolled off Ushant and the Brittany coast.
As his health had improved he was given command of the Channel Fleet.
In May, she accompanied the Channel fleet and successfully weathered a gale.
Orde therefore took his squadron north to rendezvous with the Channel Fleet.
I have assigned elements of the channel fleet to your command.
The mutiny died out before this became necessary and Neptune joined the Channel Fleet.
Upon completion she was assigned to the Channel Fleet and the China Station.
The invasion of Portugal was delayed and St Vincent was recalled to the Channel fleet.
Edgar spent the remainder of the war in the Channel Fleet under Admiral George Darby.
Then she began operating in the English Channel as part of the Channel Fleet.
There, they met the British Channel Fleet of eight battleships and four armored cruisers.
Her repairs were completed in June and she was recommissioned for her Channel Fleet service.
She sailed to rejoin the Channel fleet on 20 April in company with MAGNIFICENT.
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The ship was assigned to the Channel Fleet.
He took command of the Channel fleet once more in the 110-gun first-rate HMS Hibernia.
She then joined the Channel Fleet.
St Vincent 's appointment was not popular among the officers of the Channel fleet.
Two years later, she was rejoined the Channel Fleet before going to the Mediterranean in 1878.
After commissioning Bullfinch was assigned to the Channel Fleet.
She was assigned to the 2nd Cruiser Squadron of the Channel Fleet upon completion in 1903.
Only three ships ever sailed again, a devastating setback to the French Channel fleet.
As soon as we are ready, every ship in the Channel Fleet will mutiny.
Orde therefore took his squadron, including Defence, north to rendezvous with the Channel Fleet.
She was assigned to the 1st Cruiser Squadron of the Channel Fleet upon completion.
Until the close of 1796 he continued in command of a squadron in the French Channel fleet.
Vixen was assigned to the Channel Fleet.
On his return home, Barrington was offered, but declined, the command of the Channel fleet.
The crisis over, Neptune joined the Channel Fleet.
Built at Chatham Dockyard, " Temeraire " entered service on the Brest blockade with the Channel Fleet.
In the meantime, I want you back watching brest Until i get the channel fleet to sea.
On the morning of 2 August, the convoy fell in with the Channel Fleet.
Bellerophon was commissioned at Chatham, and served in the Channel Fleet until 1871.
She was commissioned at Devonport in 1871, initially for trials with the Channel Fleet.
The ship recommissioned in 1868 for another tour with the Channel Fleet.
She continued to serve in the Mediterranean until 1709, when she joined the Channel Fleet.
Under a fleet reorganization in January 1905, the Home Fleet became the Channel Fleet.
Formidable served initially with the Mediterranean Fleet, transferring to the Channel Fleet in 1908.
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